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REPAIR OF THE QUADRICEPS APPARATUS FOLLOWING PATELLECTOMY IN RECENT FRACTURES OF THE PATELLA: A NEW TECHNIQUE, WITH RESULTS 1
Author(s) -
CHARI P. R.,
ROY G. KISHORE,
MURTY V. SATYANARAYANA
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb05818.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tourniquet , patella , surgery , mechanism (biology) , epistemology , philosophy
The importance of “double tourniquet” technique in repair of the quadriceps mechanism after total patellectomy in recent fractures of the patella is described and its advantages are discussed. The results following this method of repair in 17 total patellectomies have been studied and discussed.